"Must I obey Hugh Price?"
"Is he your father?"
"No."
"You are of age?"
"I am."
"Then choose with whom you will live, Hugh Price, or with your brother on the James River."
"I will live with my brother."
Mrs. Price cast her eyes on the river filled with floating ice and, shuddering, said:
"The water is so dark and cold, and the boat is so frail."
"Shall I take you in mine?" asked Sir Albert.